Pot of Gold

I had such a great time at the St. Patrick's day parade last night that I didn't get around to posting my last manicure for the holiday. This turned out a bit darker in person, so I didn't end up liking it as much as I thought I would. I thought I would share it anyhow.

First I put on 2 coats of this light gold Revlon polish called Sheer Honey. I have had this since what seems like the beginning of time so I honestly have no idea if they even still sell it or not.

Followed by 2 coats of a gold glitter polish by Sinful called All About You. I wish the glitter would have shown up better in the photo, but you get the idea...

Then I put on a coat of a dark turquoise type green called Tomorrow by 2012. This was a really strange Crackle, because it went on Matte, and dried extremely fast, making it kind of hard to work with. I actually hated it until I put a coat of Seche Vite over. Based on how this polish was, I don't know that I would ever buy another polish by 2012, because it was such a weird texture. Does anyone have any of their other colors that weren't like this???

Hope you all had a fabulous St. Patrick's Day also and I am tickled pink to have 4 followers!!! Yay! Thanks for your interest, it has truly made my day!

Win Me Clover

Happy Friday! I still wanted to go with the St. Patrick's day theme but I wanted to do them on a Navy, because I love those colors together. 

I found an awesome Navy by Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure called Navy Baby on clearance at my local Meijer's for less than $2. SCORE!  I was happily surprised I really only needed 1 Coat of this with a coat of Seche Vite over.

Then I used my new dotting tools to make 4 leaf shamrocks on each nail using a kiwi kind of green called Wild Thing by Pure Ice.

This still wasn't quite flashy enough for me LOL. Of course I wanted some glitter. I just used some fun glitter I got in packs from Michael's. It didn't have a name so I just decided to name it myself as Win Me Clover. I poured the packet into a clean empty loose eye shadow container I had and then just dipped my nail tip in it while it was still wet from the top coat. Then I used a small brush (or your finger would work also) to kind of spread the glitter up the nail a bit so it wasn't a big clump. Then I put on 2 coats of Seche Vite so it would be shiny and smooth. 

A Splash of Green (So I won't get PINCHED)!!!

Hi!!! I hope everyone is getting the gorgeous weather that we have been getting all week. I have loved it, but it makes it really hard to want to come inside and post. Sorry I've been slacking! I just wanted to start posting some of the green St. Patrick's day looks I have been doing in preparation for this Saturday's fun.

First I started with 2 coats of ELF's Desert Haze. This is a light tan. It almost reminds me of a color you would paint your house. LOL

I then taped off a diagonal using scotch tape. I had a picture of this downloaded but for some reason it is not showing up. Go figure... I used 2 coats of Urban Decay polish in Green-9. I loved this shade of green. It reminds me of Forrest green from the Crayola box, which was one of my childhood favorites! Alone or with other polishes it was gorgeous and the consistency made it a dream to work with. I then added a little red flower rhinestone on my middle finger that I got in a pack at the dollar store. 

When adding rhinestones I usually just stick it on to the wet top coat and then apply another layer of top coat over that. 

I kept this on for a few days until I noticed that the ELF polish had started to yellow almost to a mustard color and it was looking kinda gross... So just for kicks using Wet & Wild's black creme I added another diagonal stripe using scotch tape. 

Can you see the yellowing towards the bottom of my nails... This drove me nuts because I kept thinking they looked dirty all the time. Besides that I really did love this manicure. 

Legally Blonde Bling

TGIF!!!! I'm so excited I'm going to Indy for the weekend with one of my high school BFFs. We're going to go see Legally Blonde the musical !!! So of course I needed a Legally Blonde inspired manicure!!!

Of course it had to be pink and lots of it! So I used 3 coats of my Funky Fingers in Pop Artist. A more ballet pink probably would have been better but I just like Hot Pink waaaay more and it looks so bright in the sun shine that we are actually getting right now!  I then used Bundle Monster stamp 09 for the diamond design with white Konad Stamping polish. 

I then wanted some sparkle and bling so I used Sinful's Pinky Glitter on top of the white stamping polish to make my diamonds sparkle. It's kind of hard to see in the pictures though sadly. But it is way more noticeable in person. Then for the bling I had found some nail rhinestones at the dollar store so I put those on top of a still wet coat of Seche Vite and then added another coat of Seche Vite on top. So far they are stick on really well and it's way easier than using glue.  Enjoy your weekend!!!

Purrrrrfect Kitty Cat

Hi! Sorry it's been awhile. Kind of had a crazy weekend here but I'm trying to get back on track. I really wanted to try a water marble manicure today but I ended up not having time because I made dinner and then my mom actually got on skype so that took up a lot of time. So I was forced to take the easy road since I couldn't show up to work tomorrow with my nails in the mess they were in. Seriously, it was bad...

This is a kitty cat nail design. I purchased these tips from my favorite nail supply store online at Maytheps. I want to say they were less than $2 for like 70 tips. This is the package below.

As you can see I really had to trim them down a lot after I glued them because they are WAYYYYYY too long for me. Here's a better picture of what the label looks like in case that helps too.

I used two coats of base gel and then one coat of top coat gel after gluing. Curing for 3 minutes under the UV lamp between each coat. Then I cleaned them off with the Gel Cleanser. It couldn't be easier to achieve a great looking manicure. Well I better run, I still have to post on my other new blog, NuVerus Weight Loss Challenge. Check it out if you get a chance :)

Dash and Grab

Well no new manicure today but at least it's Friday so there is something to be happy about. I just wanted to put the picture up of all the new Sinful polishes I grabbed from Walgreens the other day that I promised. All of them except the first and the last were in a new display even though the colors themselves are not necessarily new.

Starting at the left, the first is Snow Me White which I used in my last post and really liked. The second was displayed in the new Petal Pusher display and is called Pinky Glitter. I used this on the manicure before last that I did for my mom. I just thought it was mediocre, but it could also have been the coral color I put it on top of??? I am thinking I might like it better over a black. The green glitter I found in the new St Patrick's display and is called Green Ocean. I can't wait to try it. The fouth is also a Petal Pusher called Hazard. The fifth is a Petal Pusher called Savage that I used on the last manicure. I just love this hue of blue! The last one called Courtney OrangeI randomly found in a huge bin they had all mixed together and it stood out because it was a strage shiny burnt orange. Originally it was from the Go Plaid display. I can't wait to think up some new manicures to use these with. Enjoy the weekend! 

Neon Chevron

Hello March! Now we're that much closer to Spring!!! I must have really been feeling it because my manicure is super bright. Almost obnoxiously so in sunlight. :D

I just bought a few (OK like 6 YIKES!)  new polishes from the Sinful displays at Walgreens that caught my eye and I couldn't wait to try them out. I'll have to put up a picture of all of them in my next post because I don't have the names with me now.


This was another tape manicure. For this I found it much easier to use the straight edge of tape pieces rather than cut out the triangle shape so that they would hopefully turn out more symmetrical. While my taping technique could still use a bit more practice, I did love the colors together so I decided I should post it anyways! Sorry there aren't more pictures but I did this at about 2 AM and my camera was completely out of batteries so I had to wait until the morning to get any picture at all! 

Since I was dealing with neon, I needed a good opaque base down first. For this I used a white polish by Sinful called Snow Me White. It took 2 coats for it to be all the way opaque. Then I used only one coat of a bright neon yellow by Sinful called Neon Melon. Next I used two pieces of tape to block out the triangle area  and painted what was exposed with a beautiful blue polish from Sinful's Petal Pushers colors called Savage. I probably should have done a 2nd coat with Savage but my eyes were seriously drooping! After that dried I used three pieces of tape to block out one side of the Chevron. I then used a sparkly dark gun metal color by Sinful called Secret Admirer to do the Chevron because I couldn't resist a little bling. Too bad it doesn't show up in the picture! I let it dry a few seconds and then moved the top piece of tape over to do the other side of the Chevron. Then a coat of Seche Vite for shine! Hope this makes you feel like spring is a bit nearer.